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The Peninsula Gold Medal and Waterloo pair awarded to Major-General Baron Philip von Gruben, C.B., K.C.H., 1st Hussars, King’s German Legion Field Officer’s Small Gold Medal, for Salamanca, 2 bars, Orthes, Toulouse (Major Baron Philip Gruben); Waterloo 1815 (Major Philip Von Gruben, 1st Reg. Hussars K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, nearly extremely fine and rare (2) £18000-22000
Hammer Price: £28,000
The historically important Guelphic Medal group of three to Private Frederick Lindau, 2nd Light Battalion, King’s German Legion, hero of La Haye Sainte and the only soldier to be mentioned by Major Baring in his report on the defence of the farm Guelphic Medal for Bravery 1815 (Schu....dr. Lindau. V.Vorm. 2t. Leich....Deutsch. L.); Waterloo 1815 (Frederick Lindau, 2nd Light Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and later ring suspension; Hannoverian Medal for Volunteers of the...
Hammer Price: £23,000
The important Waterloo Medal to Captain Henry Marschalk, 1st Light Battalion, King’s German Legion, A.D.C. to Sir Colin Halkett, killed in action at the defence of La Haye Sainte Waterloo 1815 (Captain H. Marschalk, 1st Light Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, edge bruise and surface marks, otherwise very fine £8000-10000
Hammer Price: £14,000
The exceptional Guelphic Medal group of five awarded to Corporal Anton Bartels, 1st Hussars, King’s German Legion, wounded at Waterloo when he was orderly to Lord Hill Guelphic Medal for Bravery 1815 (Corporal Anton Bartels, vom Garde Hus[sar] Regt.) small part of naming affected by contact wear; Military General Service 1793-1814, 10 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (Anton Bartels, 1st Hussars...
Hammer Price: £13,000
The important 13 clasp M.G.S. medal to Corporal Henry Backefeld, 1st Hussars, King’s German Legion, orderly to the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsula, and awarded the Guelphic Medal for bravery at El Boden, Vittoria and Toulouse Military General Service 1793-1814, 13 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, St Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (Henry Backefeld, Corpl. 1st Hussars K.G.L.) very fine and very rare ...
A good Guelphic Medal group of four to Colour-Sergeant Christian Weiss, 2nd Light Battalion, King’s German Legion, a defender of La Haye Sainte at Waterloo Guelphic Medal for Bravery 1815 (Feldwebel Christian Weiss, vom Jager Garde Bat.); Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Albuhera, Salamanca, Vittoria, St Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive (Christn. Weiss, Color Serjt. 2nd Lt. Bn. K.G.L.); Waterloo 1815 (Colr. Ser. Christ. Weiss, 2nd Light Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with replacement silver...
Hammer Price: £9,200
The important Waterloo Medal to Colonel Charles Du Platt, commanding the 1st Infantry Brigade, King’s German Legion, mortally wounded at Waterloo Waterloo 1815 (Colonel Charles Du Platt, 4th Line Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, polished, otherwise good very fine £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £8,200
A fine Guelphic Medal group of four awarded to Hussar William Francis, 3rd Hussars, King’s German Legion, for gallantry during General Wallmoden’s campaign against the Danes in Northern Germany and at the battle of Waterloo Guelphic Medal for Bravery 1815 (Hus[sar Wilh]elm Francis, vom 3 H[ussar R]egt.) naming weak in parts due to contact wear; Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Sahagun & Benevente (Wilhelm Francis, 3rd Hussars K.G.L.); Waterloo 1815 (William Francis, 3rd...
Hammer Price: £7,500
A Guelphic Medal group of four awarded to Sergeant Henry Frehrking, 5th Line Battalion, King’s German Legion, who was captured but escaped from prison at Burgos in 1812 Guelphic Medal for Bravery 1815 (Thorschreiber Heinrich Frehrking) fitted with silver clip and ring suspension; Military General Service 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Vittoria, St Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive (Heinrich Frehrking, Serjt. 5th Line Bn. K.G.L.); Waterloo 1815...
Hammer Price: £6,800
Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. & Adj. W. D. Timmann, 2nd Light Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and an attractive contemporary silver bar suspension inscribed ‘Waterloo’, nearly extremely fine £3000-4000
Hammer Price: £6,500
A good Guelphic Medal group of three to Private Eckhard Bohne, 2nd Light Battalion, King’s German Legion, wounded at Copenhagen and again at Vittoria Guelphic Medal for Bravery 1815 (Echard Bohne, vorm Schutz im 2n Leicht Bat. K.D.L.); Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Albuhera, Salamanca, Vittoria, St Sebastian (Eckhard Bohne, 2nd Lt. Bn. K.G.L.); Hannoverian Medal for Volunteers of the K.G.L. 1814, the first with contact marks, very fine, otherwise good very fine (3) ...
Hammer Price: £5,200
The Waterloo Medal to General Sir Colin Halkett, G.C.B., G.C.H., K.T.S., who raised the 2nd Light Battalion, K.G.L., commanded the 5th British Infantry Brigade at Waterloo, where he received four severe wounds, and was later Governnor of Jersey and Commander-in-Chief at Bombay Waterloo 1815 (Major-General Sir Colin Halkett, K.C.B.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, some light edge bruises and contact marks, otherwise good very fine and an important medal to a senior...
Military General Service 1793-1814, 13 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Albuhera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, St Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (H. Fellersmann, Gunr. Arty. K.G.L.) edge bruise to obverse rim and contact marks generally, otherwise very fine and rare £3500-4000
Hammer Price: £4,500
Waterloo 1815 (Ensign Theodore Kronhelm, 4th Line Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, brilliant extremely fine £3000-4000
Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Herman Wolrabe, 1st Light Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, very fine £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £4,200
The Peninsula and Waterloo pair awarded to Lieutenant Leopold Schultze, 1st Hussars, King’s German Legion Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Nivelle, Orthes, Tououse (L. S. Schultze, Cornet 1st Hussrs. K.G.L.); Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Leopold Schulze, 1st Reg. Hussars K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, good very fine and better (2) £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £4,000
The Peninsula pair awarded to Lieutenant M. C. Edwards, Brunswick Oeles Light Infantry, the only English officer to serve with the ‘Black Brunswickers’ Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Orthes, Toulouse (M. C. Edwards, Ensn. Brunsk. Oeles Lt. Infantry); Brunswick Medal of Honour for the Peninsula Campaign, Carl II, silver, fitted with scroll suspension, this nearly very fine, the first good very fine (2) £1800-2200
Waterloo 1815 (Lt. Col. Fred. de Wessell, 3rd Line Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension; together with his Order of the Bath Companion’s stall plate, copper-gilt and ‘enamels’, 190mm x 114mm, inscribed (Frederick de Wissell Esquire, Lieutenant Colonel in the 3rd Line Battalion of the King’s German Legion, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of The Bath, Nominated 22nd June 1815) good very fine, the first extremely fine (2) £3000-4000
Hammer Price: £3,800
Military General Service 1793-1814, 8 clasps, Roleia, Vimiera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Vittoria, Orthes (C. Wesharg, Asst. Sgn. 60th Ft. & Sgn. Brunck. C. Lt. Infy.) good very fine and a rare medal to either regiment £2400-2800
Waterloo 1815 (Capt. Fred. Sander, 5th Line Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, minor edge bruise and surface marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £2400-2800
Hammer Price: £3,200
The Peninsula and Waterloo pair awarded to Lieutenant Lewes Geismann, 5th Line Battalion, King’s German Legion Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor, Salamanca, Vittoria (Louis de Giesmann, Lt. 5th Line B. K.G.L.); Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Lewes Geismann, 5th Line Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and later ring suspension, one or two edge bruises and contact marks, otherwise good very fine and better (2) £2400-2800
Hammer Price: £3,000
Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, St Sebastian, Nive (Henry Von Brandensteen, Capt. Brunsk. Lt. Infy.) extremely fine £2400-2800
Waterloo 1815 (Captain Auhagen, 2nd Reg. Light Drag. K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and later ring suspension, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £2,900
A Guelphic Medal pair awarded to Corporal William Decke, 1st Hussars, King’s German Legion Guelphic Medal for Bravery 1815 (Wilhelm Decke) fitted with contemporary replacement silver suspension in the form of an entwined serpent, this detached and in need of minor repair; Waterloo 1815 (Corp. William Decke, 1st Reg. Hussars K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, this with some contact pitting to the obverse, otherwise the pair good very fine and rare (2) £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £2,600
Waterloo 1815 (Capt. Fred. Wenckstern, 2nd Line Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with replacement silver ring suspension, contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £2,500
Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Lewis Wm. Fargue, 4th Line Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £2000-2500
Waterloo 1815 (Ensign Ehrig Rackhaus, Detach. 7th Line Bat. K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, some contact pitting, otherwise nearly very fine and rare £2000-2500
Waterloo 1815 (Corp. Henry Heise, 2nd Light Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and small ring suspension, very fine £1500-2000
Hammer Price: £2,400
A Peninsula and Waterloo group of three to Corporal Gabriel Leunig, 3rd Hussars, King’s German Legion, awarded the Guelphic Medal for gallantry at the battle of the Göhrde in 1813 Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Sahagun & Benevente (Gabriel Leunig, 3rd Hussars K.G.L.); Waterloo 1815 (Corp. Gabriel Leunig, 3rd Reg. Hussars K.G.L.) fitted with replacement silver suspension similar to the Guelphic Medal; Hannoverian Medal for Volunteers of the K.G.L. 1814, contact marks,...
Hammer Price: £2,300
Waterloo 1815 (Captain Geo. Haasman, 2nd Light Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, nearly extremely fine £1800-2200
Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. August Muller, 1st Line Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, extremely fine £2000-2500
Waterloo 1815 (Adj. Frederick Schnath, 1st Line Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and silver ring suspension, extremely fine £1800-2200
A fine Peninsula and Waterloo group of four to Driver-Corporal Henry Schnuphase, King’s German Artillery, orderly to Sir Julius Hartmann and later groom to the King of Hannover, awarded the Guelphic Medal for services in the Peninsula and at Waterloo Military General Service 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Albuhera, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, St Sebastian (Henry Schnuphase, Corpl. Arty. K.G.L.) one rivet soldered; Waterloo 1815 (D.Corpl. H. Schnuphase, King’s Ge[rman...
Hammer Price: £2,200
Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Bern. Bertram, 8th Line Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, nearly extremely fine £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £2,100
Waterloo 1815 (Capt. Gus. Marschatik, 1st Light Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £2,000
Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Benj. Fellows, 1st Line Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £1800-2200
Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Casper Both, 4th Line Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine £1800-2200
Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Lewis Heise, King’s Germ. Artillery) fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, therefore nearly very fine £1600-1800
Hammer Price: £1,900
Military General Service 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Vittoria, St Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive (Heinrich Heise, Corpl. 5th Line Bn. K.G.L.) good very fine £1200-1500
Waterloo 1815 (Ensign Gustar Best, 1st Light Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £1600-1800
Hammer Price: £1,800
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